BBC drama based on Neil Brand\'s acclaimed radio play, imagining the final moments in the relationship between comic duo Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel. BBC drama based on Neil Brand\'s acclaimed radio play, imagining the final moments in the relationship between comic duo Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel. Jim Norton stars as the depressive Stan Laurel, who goes to visit his long-time collaborator Oliver Hardy (Mike Goodenough) on his death bed in 1957. The story of their lives and work is told through flashbacks, as the two men bid their final farewells.